Paratha help

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I know my way round the kitchen & cook regularly, but my wife loves the ocassional paratha either filled with paalak or aloo.

My problems start when trying to roll out the roti, its just too sticky and gets all over my hands and the rolling pin and worktop even if I use flour.

What are the paratha making techniques?

And dont ask me to make her those ghastly frozen fraudsters that are advertised as parathas!

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You should knead the dough a little more.

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PAijee, like Jalpari said , you havnt kneeded the dough enough… or , you have added to much water to it … in which case add some more dry flour and try to turn it into a smooth dough.

Once your dough is visibly smooth, when you make small balls , you will need very little dry flour on them…

If you need a detailed writeup of how to do the aata .. let me know i will type it up :hugz:

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^i do. im really new to roti-making.

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Bride2be, here is how you do the ata :

take two cups dry flour … and keep about two cups water …

Start mixing the water little by little with one hand , and mix the dry flour roughly with your other hand. When you see that the dry flour is no longer visible ..just sprinkle some water on top , pat it lightly and leave it for 10 minutes … When you return, start goondo the ata ..dont pour any more water … just wet your hands and keep goondo, you will notice that two minutes of goonding will give you a soft smooth looking dough.

If the ata is still hard , then wet your hands some more and goondo it until it becomes soft but not too runny.

Although if you follow the procedure well , your ata will never get runny, but just in case it does , dont panic , just add a tablespoon of dry flour and goondo it until the runniness goes away ..

Let me know if you have any other questions :hugz:

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^ CB what kind of flour?

I bought all purpose flour from the regular grocery store, but my mother said htats “maida” and not the type of atta used for rotiyan… :konfused:

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Do you add oil and salt to your paratha atta?

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Sara , making roti’s with Maida ( all purpose flour ) is unhealthy in the longer term.. so always try to get the flour which is medium consistency .. basically its got bran in it as well … where as Maida is all refined … the product that makes roti healthy and balanced is the bran content.. the higher it is , the better it is … and bran also helps make softer roti’s :@:

Sehrysh, no i dont add oil or salt to the paratha ata .. i used to .. but then i thought both are not healthy and are anyways added in the potato mix , so why have extra :cb: .. so now i dont add them in .. though you can , coz it does improve the taste and makes paratha crispier :yummy:

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I don’t make rotis, (maybe I will start later this year…after this summer) but is the maida okay for the occasional (1/2monthly) paratha?

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yeah its ok for occasional use … just that it wont give you the perfect paratha texture … even the roti’s made with maida are odd … maida isnt very flexible … but still , it will do you fine for occasional paratha’s ..

Maida makes the bestest aloo or keema kulcha :yummy:

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ohhh.. kulcha = naan haina?

so u north americans...what kind of atta shoudl I look for in the grocery stores (not a desi store..plz)...

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Wholewheat. We get Robin Hood flour.

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thanks. i bought whole wheat flour for my rotiiiii.

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how long does atta stay usable in the fridge?? i mean, like if i goond the atta over the weekend, maybe make some rotis on saturday...i can't store the left over dough in the fridge cuz it gets all "khameeri" in a couple of days. the khameer thing happens when the dough starts tasting sweet-ish and just isn't fresh anymore. it just goes bad. it doesn't matter how perfectly clean the container was or how tightly i placed the plastic wrap on top. it goes bad in 4-5 days. has anyone had success in getting the dough to last longer so you don't have to knead EVERY TIME you need to make roti?

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pkgirl, yeah thats the total life of atta , no matter what you do …:hinna: … I have tried different tips but nothing worked in keeping the goonded ata fresh :hinna: … if anyone knows please help us :@:

Sara , yes kulcha is naan :yummy: